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Yami Luna Kitsune: Glad you liked the chapter. Also, it was separate fics that I had in mind, a fic where Danny was female, and another fic of just Ben 10
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Shadow Joestar: Danny needs more friends, and with the help of Sunset and Danny, Twilight should be a bit more active….. Maybe
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Runeion: though I think the only connection with Thundercats is the anthropomorphism
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drake wind: well in the previous chapters, they were around ten years old, children overall
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Darkkrt: you just might get what you asked for. And getting a PS5 was a good way to lose time cause damn the games were good
A6spike: That is a possibility. And Spike will see Danny as a role model
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Guest: Yeah I liked the sibling moment they had
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KorevainsoLightshire: From what I could figure and came up with, Cadence was adopted into Celestia's family when she first became an alicorn, but was adopted more as a niece.
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Guest 2: I didn't think of that. I might go back and add it
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To all "Commission artists" and "Comic makers", my answer is always NO. I am an artist myself and can make my own projects
TO ALL READERS
I have a few more DP fics that I made and would like you to check them out. Two of them are one shot fics where I make one shots with different plots. One of them is purely romance-based, called "A Phantom's romance". The other is one shots with different ideas that don't focus on romance much, called: "Danny Phantom: What could have been". Please check them out if you are interested, and look at my other stories if you are also interested
Chapter 5: internal struggles
Sitting in the royal library was a nineteen-year-old Twilight Sparkle, as she was reading one of the books that had caught her attention. It was a history book that talked about Celestia's rise to being the ruler of Equestria.
She had changed from the little filly she used to be when Princess Celestia, Prince Phantom, and Sunset first met her eight years ago.
She was a slim young woman wearing a white dress shirt with a form-fitting buttoned-up red vest over it, pushing up her perky C-cup breasts, and a plaid red and purple skirt over her wide hips that reached halfway down her thigh. Around her neck was a necklace that had a pendant in the shape of her cutie mark. Her hair was tied up in a bun with a strand framing the right side of her face.
She pushed up her frameless round glasses as she read the last passage of the book. "...only when an alignment is made after a thousand rotations." She thought about that passage and began to wonder if her theory could actually be true. After a minute of thinking about it, she closed the book and stood up from the table. She pulled out a small case, took off her glasses, and put them in the case before putting the case away. Once that was done, she undid her hair bun and shook her head as her hair fell to its full length, reaching her tail. "I should ask them what they think." She picked up the book and held it against her chest as she left the library.
Once in the hallway, she looked out the window and figured out what time it was and where they might be. She began to walk through the hall to her destination and to the two people she was looking for.
Sitting on the fountain lip was Sunset Shimmer, and like Twilight, she has also changed from when she was younger.
She had become curvier since then, with her breasts being D-cup, with her hips and thighs being proportionately thick. She was wearing a tight orange short-sleeve shirt that showed off her well-fit stomach and a black jacket over it. She wore jean shorts that were rolled up halfway up her thighs. Like Twilight, she had a necklace that had a pendant in the shape of her cutie mark.
She brought her hand up to the knob of the guitar she had in her arms and tuned one of the strings before she tested the sound. Satisfied with the tone, she nodded and began to strum a few notes. "Can someone give me the a~~nswers to my que~stion? Hmm hmm hmmmm~" She strummed some more notes as she thought about the song she had in her head. There were a few words she thought about already, but it wasn't finished.
Music became something of a hobby for her during her free time a few years ago. It started out as a joke, said to her when she started to tap her hand on the table she was sitting at in a rhythm. She continued to make random music like this till Celestia brought her to a shop that sold instruments. She found herself drawn to the guitar, both acoustic and electric, and it continued from there. Now she spends some of her time working on music or singing, despite it not being her talent.
"Sunset?"
Sunset Shimmer looked up to see Twilight looking at her expectantly. "Hey, Twilight, what's up?"
Twilight looked around as if in search of someone, but after not seeing any sign of him, she brought up her reason for finding them. "There was something I wanted to ask you two. Do you know where he is?"
Sunset smiled as she put her guitar away in its case before she got up and nodded. "Yeah, I heard him say he was doing some practice today, so he should still be there." She swung her guitar case over her shoulder and began to walk away as she gestured for Twilight to follow her.
Twilight ran up to walk with Sunset as she held the book tighter to her chest, hoping that they could be a second voice to her thoughts.
The two mares were walking through an outdoor corridor as the sun kept peeking through the columns.
Sunset looked at Twilight and asked. "So, what was it that you wanted to ask us? It's really rare for you, the bookworm, to ask one of us about something. You're usually the one who knows everything already since you've read almost everything in the library."
Twilight gave Sunset a pouting glare as she retorted. "Hey, you make it sound like all I do is stay inside the library."
Sunset chuckled as she nodded. "You kind of do. I've told you so many times that you should get out more. We even joked that you would live in the library if you had the option to." She smirked as she looked down at Twilight's hips before she pointed at them. "It's one of the reasons why your hips grew more than any other part of your body. If you at least went out and-" She was interrupted when Twilight slapped her hand to stop pointing at her hips.
Twilight blushed in embarrassment as she used her free hand to hold her skirt down. "I don't need you to point that out. Why do you keep pointing out my hips?" She normally didn't feel so self-conscious about her figure, but Sunset had this weird secondary talent to make her think about it. She knew that her hips and flank had volume to them, but Sunset didn't need to point it out. Heck, Sunset was the one that brought up the fact that stallions tended to look at her ass when she walks by, and quote; "They enjoy how your hips and tail sway when you walk".
It wasn't that she had a bubbly butt, but it was something stallions look at as they say it is one of her eye catching features.
Twilight usually ignored these sorts of comments, but when they came from those close to her, she couldn't help but feel self-conscious. 'I don't sway my hips!... do I?'
Sunset smiled as she threw her free arm around Twilight's shoulder. "I just like messing with you, Twi. You know I'm just saying this to get you to head out more."
Twilight gave a cute pout as she looked away. "Hmph."
Sunset knew that she should ease up on the teasing for now. Especially since Twilight would be going through another emotion pretty soon.
The two mares searched the Unicorn and Pegasi training grounds in case they saw any sign of him, but found them completely unused. They finally made it to the last one and found that he was, in fact, here, but what they didn't expect was to see another of their friends sitting on the ground outside the arena.
"Spike, what are you doing here?" Was Twilight's question as she saw her baby dragon sitting on the ground. She thought that Spike was going to stay in their room as he said he would be lazing around that day.
Spike had gotten only slightly bigger since his hatching, but for a dragon, he was already walking and talking as he should be. He was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and beige shorts.
The little purple dragon looked over his shoulder to see Twilight and Sunset walking up to him. "Hey, girls, you're just in time." He pointed ahead of him as the show continued.
Sunset and Twilight looked to where Spike pointed and saw who they were looking for.
CLACK CLACK CLACK*
Phantom ducked under the sword swing that would have hit him in the middle of his neck before he brought his own sword in an upward slash, but frowned as the swing missed. Before he could follow up with it, he had to jump to the side as a volley of arrows flew by him. He was able to avoid them before he brought his sword up to block the overhead axe chop from another pony. He shifted his sword so that the axe fell to the side before he slammed the pommel of his sword into the pony's stomach. He caught movement in the corner of his eye and sloppily brought his sword to block another sword jab coming at his side. He had to suck in his gut as his block was unsuccessful and his sword was sent flying. He bent back to avoid the next sword slash and lost his balance before falling on his back. Seeing the tip of the sword coming down on him, he rolled to the side in time to avoid it and was able to get on one knee, but he was assaulted once more by a volley of arrows. On reflex, he jumped into the air, into a continuous backflip, just before a pair of large wings spread out and he floated in the air. Smirking at how he now had an advantage, he dived down at them before he pulled up to coast the ground as he swerved left and right to avoid flurry after flurry of arrows. He brought his fists up before he punched some of the ponies in the shoulder, causing them to fall over. He looked over his shoulder with a smirk at how he was able to beat a few of them already. Looking forward, his eyes widened at how a wall was closing in fast. Unable to turn in time, he pulled his legs in and brought them forward as he slammed into the wall, causing the wall to crack from the impact. With some effort, he pushed himself off the wall and flew back into the fight. Unfortunately, another volley of arrows was sent at him and he was not gonna be able to avoid them. He shut his eyes as he focused. "Come on, come on!" His body gained a small haze of green before it became slightly transparent. Several arrows flew through him, causing him to be happy that it worked, but he couldn't hold it longer than a few seconds and effectively, so he soon became tangible and was hit by hordes of arrows, causing him to lose control and came to a skidding crash, face first, in the ground till he stopped in the center of the arena. "...ow."
The other ponies surrounded the fallen dragon before one of them smirked.
"Looks like you still need some work on that pass-through spell you came up with."
Phantom pulled his head out of the ground and looked up at them before smirking. "Talking to a dead dragon is considered bad luck."
Another pony chuckled as he pointed at Phantom. "You sure don't look dead."
Phantom chuckled before rolling onto his back, and feeling around the ground next to him till he grabbed what he was looking for. He brought up one of the arrows and put it vertically on his chest. "You've slain the dragon, but I give you none of my treasure."
"I don't think any of us wants one of your many star charts. They aren't that valuable."
Phantom threw the arrow he had in his hands and laughed as the tip bonked on the pony's head.
The arrow fell to the ground to show the rest of the arrows had a cushioned ball in place of an arrowhead.
One of the ponies that had been fighting with him with the sword pointed the wooden practice weapon at him before speaking in a lecture tone. "Your swordsmanship is still amateurish. After all this time, I thought it would have gotten better."
Phantom blew a raspberry as he sat up. "I'm better with my fists than I am with weapons."
The ponies around him rolled their eyes as they all began to clean up the mess that was made from this practice session. Despite what they just said to Prince Phantom, they all agreed that he was getting better. He still needed to work on his skills, but he was always improving, and in turn, they improved as well.
He got up from the ground and dusted himself off before rolling his shoulders and wings.
Sunset raised her arm in the air as she cupped her other hand around her mouth. "Danny!"
Danny looked over to where the voice came from and saw Sunset, Twilight, and Spike on the side of the arena. He saw Sunset waving at him, and he began to make his way to them.
Sunset smiled as she saw Danny make his way to them. Looking in her peripheral vision, she smirked as she saw Twilight starting her habit again.
Twilight Sparkle smiled brightly as she saw Danny making his way toward them. She began to shift back and forth on her hoofs and was using her right hand to twirl a strand of hair. She even started to bite the side of her lip as he got closer.
The funny thing was, she didn't even realize she was doing it.
This was what Sunset found amusing about Twilight. It was obvious that Twilight liked Danny for a very long time, as Twilight started doing these things over the last few years. But the only ones who didn't seem to realize it were Spike, Twilight, and, amazingly, Danny.
Spike most likely because he is too young to understand the tells.
Twilight because she most likely saw it as just enjoying being around him….. or doesn't even know she is doing it.
Danny… because he is clueless.
Sunset turned her head to see Twilight's twirling increase as he was now in front of them. She was pretty sure that the fact that he wasn't wearing a shirt and sweating a bit did not help her.
Danny had gotten much taller over the years, and he was now a couple of inches taller than either of them. He had a lean, muscular build that was only to be expected since his workout consisted of magic combat and weapons practice. His hairstyle hadn't changed at all, though his horns had gotten longer and moved slightly past the back of his hair. His ears had gotten two spins in them, so they now had three membranes on them. He now had two small spikes that came out of the back of his mandible, just under his ears, with a few scales sticking out near them. His muzzle was no longer round and had gained a firmer shape. His claws gained a new feature as they had become retractable, so when they are retracted, they look like slightly sharp nails, and when they are out, they are claws that look like they could cut through metal.
The biggest changes he went through were both his legs and a new set of wings.
His legs had become digitigrade after what could be considered his first bout of puberty, while the wings came in during his second go through puberty.
For his first change, he had woken up one morning almost four times bigger than he was supposed to be and more primal than normal. Throughout the entire day, he kept growing in size and became very clingy to Celestia, Twilight, and Sunset. At the start, he just kept suggesting that they all do things together, no matter what it was.
Playing
Studying
Even taking a bath. He had practically forced them all into the bath at the same time.
As the day continued, he became more forceful, and since he was getting bigger, he soon kept them in one place by wrapping his whole body around them. Thankfully, the audience chamber was massive enough to accommodate his size, but since none of them could leave, no work or studies could be done. Thankfully, it only lasted one day, and it was embarrassing for him as his clothing was obviously destroyed at some point in his growth.
~Flashback~
Fourteen-year-old Danny groaned as he lay on the ground as he brought his hand up to his head as it was pounding. "Ugh, what spell is able to hit me like a meteor smashed into my head?"
"It is most likely a result of your sudden transformation."
He lifted his head to look toward his feet to see Celestia, Sunset, and Twilight pushing themselves off the ground and rubbing their eyes. "What's going on?"
Celestia tilted her head as she asked. "You do not remember?"
Danny sat up, rubbed the side of his head, and shut his eyes, trying to get rid of his headache. "All I know is that I have a headache and my body is sore."
"Kya!"
Danny looked to where the weird sound came from and saw that Twilight was covering her eyes with her hands, and Sunset had her head turned away. "What's with you two?"
The two young mares became more flustered and did their best not to look at him.
Celestia could not help but smile as she looked at Danny. "I believe it is due to your state of dress."
He tilted his head as he didn't understand what she meant till he looked down at himself. State of dress was obviously sarcastic, he wasn't wearing ANYTHING! He covered himself in embarrassment before he got up to his feet and tried to run away. Keyword "tried".
He barely got to his feet before he fell to the ground. As he was still frantic, he got up once more before he fell after trying to take one more step. After three more tries to run away, he looked down at his feet to wonder what was causing him to fall over. It was then that he got another surprise when he saw that his legs were no longer plantigrade (normal legs) but digitigrade (animal-type hind legs). "What the HAY happened to my LEGS!?"
Celestia smiled as she got up and moved over to him. "If I had to assume, it was due to your transformation the previous day. I would have to consult some others in order to be perfectly sure, but it is the only thing I can think of." She looked at his legs and figured he would need to practice walking again, but for now, she picked him up into her arms and began to walk toward the door. "Let's get you to the bedroom so we can get you something to wear."
"Cel… Mom, I can walk by myself!" He felt his face go red from embarrassment as he was being held in her arms, naked.
Celestia chuckled as she kept walking. "Your previous attempts say otherwise. Don't worry, it is not something I haven't seen already."
Danny covered his face with his hands as he wished he could disappear from sight.
Celestia caught his little hiccup, but she figured that this would happen when he figured out he was adopted. He figured it out fairly quickly after Spike was born. It did bring a pang of hurt to her heart when he started to make those verbal hiccups, but she knew that he still loved her and she him. He was just having a confusing time with the revelation.
Twilight peeked open an eye to see that they were gone before she removed her hands. Her face was still red as her mind still repeated what she had seen. She shook her head to try and remove the image.
Sunset cleared her throat as her cheeks were still dusting pink. She turned to Twilight to see her start to run her hand through a bit of her mane on the side of her face. "So….. what'd ya think?"
Twilight went completely red before her mind could not take it anymore, and she fainted.
~Flashback end~
Danny grabbed a towel and his shirt off a bench that was at the side as he wiped the sweat off.
Twilight's right hoof began to twist in the dirt as she watched him, as her hand began to twirl her hair even harder. All the while, in her mind, she was thinking about what she wanted to ask him and Sunset.
Sunset blushed at the sight and looked away as she was mentally asking why he had to do this in front of them.
Danny finished off and began to put on his shirt with some difficulty since he had to angle his wings in order to slip through the slots on the back of the shirt.
Spike ran up to Danny and began to bounce around him. "That was so cool! I can't wait till I get my own wings and I can do all the cool stuff you do!"
As the only other dragon he knew, Spike looked up to Danny as the cooler older brother. Danny was happy to be his older brother since he had been there since his birth and wanted to make sure that he did his best to help the little dragon whenever he needed help.
Danny chuckled at Spike's enthusiasm and knelt down as he placed a hand on the little dragon's head. "You should enjoy your time as a kid as much as you can. When you get older, there are gonna be a lot of things that will bug you, but I will say that when you get your wings, I'll show you all the flying tricks I know."
Spike smiled brightly as he jumped at Danny and hugged his neck. "That'll be awesome!"
Danny chuckled as he stood back up and put Spike on his shoulder. He flinched as something in his head pinged, but he did his best to hide it.
Sunset and Twilight did notice it, though, with sunset asking. "Something wrong?"
Danny shook his head. "Nah, just something I gotta deal with."
Twilight, though, walked up to him and held up her arms toward Spike. "Come on, Spike, we should let Danny walk on his own."
Spike shook his head as he grabbed onto Danny's head. "No way."
Twilight frowned at the little dragon. "Spike!"
Danny brought up a hand to gently grab one of hers and lowered it. "It's fine, Twilight, there is nothing wrong with him sitting up there. Trust me, I just had something on my mind."
Twilight blushed at the contact and nodded slowly.
Sunset watched the two in their little moment, but decided they needed to get things moving. She placed a hand on their arms as she looked at Twilight. "Ok, Twi, wasn't there something that you wanted to ask us?"
Twilight was brought out of her daze and nodded. "Yes, it's something important that I needed a second opinion on." She looked around before she whispered. "But can we talk somewhere private. I don't want too many to know this if it's nothing."
Danny nodded as he gestured for them to head somewhere other than the training field, as other ponies were coming in to start their training. "Let's head inside. We can hit the rest area since there shouldn't be anyone there right now."
The two mares nodded as the four of them began to leave the field.
The group was in the resting area meant for ponies after they had trained and gotten cleaned up.
There wasn't anyone there other than them and the cooking staff, but the staff wouldn't be able to hear anything since the equipment made too much noise.
The resting area was a wide open room with one wall being a window that shows the field, several sets of four red cushioned couches that surrounded a small table, and an eating area with a full kitchen and snack bar.
Spike was at the snack bar as he was looking for something to munch on.
Danny had a towel on his head as he had taken a quick shower and was drying his hair. "Ok, so what is it that you wanted to tell us?"
Twilight tightened her grip on her book before she looked at the two. "Have you two heard the fable 'The Mare in the Moon'?"
Danny and Sunset looked at each other before Sunset answered.
"I've heard the tale a long time ago. Think I even read a book about the story. Honestly, it sounded like a children's story with the fantastical way it was told. I thought it was just some toned-down way of how Mom got into power."
Danny nodded. "I think she told me about it when I was barely three or something, and I didn't pay much attention to it after a while. I forgot about it really until you brought it up here."
Twilight nodded as it was what she expected. She placed the book she was holding down and opened it to the page she was on, which had several notes and papers in it. "Well, there is something that I found out while reading the story." She moved the notes out of the way and pointed to a spot on the page as she read the passage. "It said here that after a thousand years, when the sun hovers over the moon, the lost mare of the moon will return to meet up with the pony of the sun again." She then grabbed one of the notes she had made and read what she found. "I got curious about this and began to date the time this story might have been made, along with when the sun would hover over the moon. From what I found, the story is about a thousand years old, and the day that the sun would hover over the moon referred to the Summer Sun celebration."
The other two leaned in as they looked at her findings.
Sunset asked. "Ok, so you're saying that the old folktale might have some truth behind it?"
Twilight nodded. "Not only that, I found some other documents that state a dark mare hides within the moon, waiting for her chance to return and bring about everlasting night to Equestria."
Danny frowned at the implications that Twilight was insinuating. "Are you saying that there might be an oncoming threat to Equestria?"
Twilight sucked in her lip before nodding slightly. "I don't know if this is real or just something that I am overthinking, but I wanted to bring this up with you so you can tell me what you think."
Sunset and Danny leaned back in their chairs as they thought about what Twilight brought up.
Sunset crossed her arms and legs before speaking. "It is a bit far-fetched if you ask me. It could be just something that the makers of the story saw as convenient for the story to give them some more credibility."
Danny put a hand to his chin as he looked at the book. "Maybe, but what if this is actually something to look into. Sure, the story is in a kid's fairytale book, but we shouldn't just ignore it if it means there is a threat on the way." He leaned forward and placed his elbows on his knees. "Say we do nothing. If this story turns out to be an actual warning, we will be open to whatever threat this is. But if we set up some precautions, we are ready to defend ourselves. Even if nothing happens, it is better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. I say we bring this up with…mom and see what she has to say. She was around when the story was made…. I think, so she should be able to tell us if we are being paranoid about it or not."
Twilight smiled as she was afraid the two of them might think she was just being a worry pony and ignore it. "Thanks, guys."
Sunset and Danny nodded as they stood up.
Sunset picked up her guitar before speaking. "We should head over to her now. This is something important, so let's go."
Danny nodded. "And if this isn't anything, we still have some things we need to do for the celebration."
"Hey, are we leaving already?"
The three looked down to see Spike carrying a mountain of snacks. So many of them that you couldn't see his face anymore. They had a laugh at the sight before they helped the little dragon out and made their way to Celestia.
Celestia was in the audience chamber, standing in front of the stained glass window that depicted her raising the sun with her hands behind her back. She sighed as it was a reminder of the saddest day of her life. It was created long ago after her "victory" against Nightmare Moon, and the constructors of the castle made it in reverence to her. She appreciated the gesture, but it hurt her heart every time she looked at it. She would have removed it, but she felt that she needed this reminder. She needed to remember what her actions and lack of attention had done to her sister and what it cost her. It is why she was anxious about the coming celebration, as it was finally time for her to either get her sister back…..
Or lose her life.
And she had a plan. One that she was confident would succeed. She had a thousand years to plan for this, and she was ready. And Danny was the biggest help to her.
During her travels, when she brought Danny along, Danny would get these intuitions that pointed to one town. It was the same thing that happened when he found Sunset and Twilight. And, it made sense. The representations of the elements would reappear during the time they would be needed the most. Now that Danny confirmed their existence, she just had to set Twilight and Sunset into Ponyville to find them.
It was as she thought about Danny that her heart started to hurt once more.
Recently, Danny had become… distant. She didn't know why, but he had started to move away from her. No longer was he affectionate toward her, no longer did he want to spend so much time with her, and he wouldn't even look at her. He had grown up to be a strapping young gentleman and figured that maybe he just needed some space, so she gave it to him. But she had missed when he would come to her for anything. She missed when he would come up to her and show her one of his drawings, which had improved over time. She even had one of his drawings safely stored away, as it was of her and him sitting together and looking at the sunset. But they weren't that close anymore. She missed him. She missed having him stand by her side, she missed having him close to her, she missed having him in her arms, she missed how they would almost always have physical contact with each other.
She had many thoughts on what the reason could be, but she did not want to push the subject for fear of pushing him away.
However, she had to admit to herself, her love for him….. No longer stemmed just from raising him. She knew this was something taboo, but her heart ached and needed companionship, and despite the many lifetimes she had lived, she was still a woman. There were options that she could take that could ease the need, but her heart would no longer allow her to use such options.
She thought about Danny and how he had grown over time. She shut her eyes as her mind went over how strong, reliable, and handsome he had become. The hands she had behind her back grasped each other tighter before she took a deep breath to calm herself. She moved away from where she was standing and began to make her way back to her throne. There were more important matters that required her focus.
She suddenly heard the door to the chambers open, and she turned to see who it was. It was to her surprise that she saw Danny, Twilight, and Sunset walk in. As they walked toward her, she moved to meet them halfway. "This is a surprise. Our magical lessons were postponed for a the time being. Is something the matter?" She looked at each of them and saw a smile on Sunset's muzzle, a nervous expression on Twilight's, and Danny turning his head away. She said nothing on that and looked at Twilight, who was the one up front.
The three were glad that Celestia wasn't busy, as this was best to be kept between just them. They had sent Spike off to his room so the little dragon wouldn't be part of this heavy conversation.
Twilight looked up at Celestia as she felt nervous bringing this up. She looked back and saw Sunset giving her an encouraging smile while Danny gave her a side-eyed smile. She wanted to ask what it was that had Danny act like this around Celestia, but she held her tongue. She looked back at Celestia and took a breath. "You see, Princess, there is something that I want to bring up with you." Seeing the princess nod, she began to explain what she had discovered.
Celestia listened to her student in rapt attention and could not help but feel proud of her student's ingenuity. 'Leave it to Twilight to figure out the legend's authenticity, and thinking of ways to defend our home.' She waited till Twilight finished before she smiled at them. "I understand your worries, my faithful student, but you need not worry about such things. I can guarantee you that such a travesty will not happen."
Twilight, though relieved to hear this, looked worried still. "Are you sure? All the details point out that this upcoming Summer Sun celebration will be when the Mare in the moon will return, and-" She stopped speaking when Celestia placed a gentle finger on her lips.
The princess smiled down at her student before she moved her finger to the side of Twilight's face and gently rubbed her cheek. "You worry too much, Twilight. Such worries are something you do not need to concern yourself with. If anything, right now, you should worry about the preparations you must go check on tomorrow. Perhaps your worry about anything happening tomorrow might be stressing you out, as you are overthinking things. You should just feel excited about the celebration and your time in Ponyville. In fact, I want you to do something for me while there." Seeing Twilight nod, she smiled and looked at all three of them. "Make friends. Ones that will be a big part of your heart and you will cherish no matter what."
Twilight blushed at the contact and nodded enthusiastically. "I will, princess." She stepped back when Celestia removed her hand.
Sunset smiled as she stepped up to Twilight and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Well, it looks like there wasn't anything to worry about." She looked up at Celestia with a question of her own. "Is Cadence going to be there tomorrow? She said she might be able to make it, but I haven't heard from her.
Celestia nodded at her daughter. "She had informed me that there are some matters that she needed to finish, but she affirmed that she will be able to make it to the celebration. You should meet her, most likely the day before the celebration."
Sunset smiled at that, as it had been a few weeks since they had seen the Alicorn of love. "Sweet!" Feeling that things had been settled, she looked at Twilight. "Come on, Twi, we should get ready for tomorrow. I've still got a song I want you to hear, and give me your opinion on whether I should play it tomorrow."
Twilight nodded and smiled at her friends. "Maybe I am overthinking this. I should calm down and enjoy tomorrow." She began to make her way toward the door with Sunset and Danny following.
Celestia watched them leave before her eyes focused on Danny's back. Her eyes saddened before she called out. "Danny, can you stay for a moment?"
Danny stopped for a moment before he was about to walk again, but Sunset Shimmer placed a hand on his chest and shook her head.
"Just do this."
Danny sighed as he nodded. "Alright."
Sunset smiled before she turned around and pushed Twilight out the door. "Come on, this is for them alone."
Twilight just went with it, and they left Danny and Celestia alone.
Celestia stood behind Danny as he would not turn to face her. Figuring this was the best she was going to get, she spoke up about the important matter. "Danny, there is more to the legend that Twilight brought up."
Danny shifted his head ever so slightly to the right as he heard this, but still did not face her. "Like what?"
Celestia took a deep breath before continuing. "It is true that the Mare in the Moon will return, but I have already anticipated this and have already layed a plan that will resolve the issue."
Danny turned his head even more as his eyes shifted to the side. "Wait, so we should be on our toes for this!?"
Celestia shook her head. "Danny, I am telling you this as I need you to be ready for anything. I do not want Twilight or Sunset to be so worried about it as their eased nerves are a major part of my plan."
Danny thought about what Celestia was insinuating and grew worried. "They are an integral part of your plan, aren't they?"
Celestia nodded. "You as well, but they must not be compromised by worry and panic, if the plan is to work. I just want you to follow your instincts and feelings as they will lead you to success."
Danny nodded as he trusted her words. "I will do my best to protect them no matter what." He began to walk toward the door with his mind going over what she told him.
Celestia could not take it. He didn't even look at her as they spoke here, and she found herself rushing forward. "Wait!"
Danny froze when he felt Celestia wrap her arms around his neck from behind as her wings enveloped them both. He could feel her breasts pressed on his back and wings, he felt her head on his right shoulder, her flowing hair brushing the back of his head, and he could smell her scent all around him.
"Please, tell me what I did? What did I do to cause you to push me away so much that you won't even look at me?" She tightened her hug as she was on one knee and wanted to bring him closer to her. "Why won't you even look at me? Do you hate me so much?"
Danny felt his heart ache at what he was doing to his mother. "There is no way I can hate you." He brought his arms up to run his hands on her arms. "I could never do that." He leaned his head onto hers and felt her fur and hair on his face as his eyes closed. "I'm sorry for making you think I hate you but I'm just…..going through some things that I want to figure out on my own. Can you just let me figure this out on my own? Please?"
Celestia felt her heart ease as he heard that he didn't hate her, and she nodded. "Of course, but please don't ever hate me or leave me." She tightened her hug as she moved her right hand up to the top of his head and ran her fingers through his hair.
Danny felt his nerves ease as he felt her run her hand through his hair, and his tail began to flick back and forth. "I won't." Despite how they were, he really wanted to leave right now.
After a moment more, Celestia placed a kiss on his cheek and let him go before she flexed her wings and folded them in.
Danny looked over his shoulder and smiled at her. "I'll try and get over this as best I can, and we can go back to how things were, Mom." With that, he walked out of the chamber.
Celestia watched him leave before she took in a deep breath. "For now." She turned around and walked toward her throne once more as her eyes focused on the throne next to it.
Danny walked out of the chamber and closed the door as he looked around to see that no one was there. He knew that Twilight and Sunset would be off getting ready for tomorrow, so he wasn't worried. Once he was sure he was in the clear, he moved over to the wall and placed his hand on it to keep himself up. "Damn it!" He looked down and grimaced at the sight as he took in a deep breath. After a few more breaths, he had calmed down and pushed himself off the wall. "'Best I can'... Right." He looked out the window and saw that the sun was lowering, and made his way to his room as he was ready to call it a day.
~later~
Danny was sitting at his desk as he leaned over a journal that he was working on. His mind was going over several things, but he was still unable to make sense of it.
Suddenly, the door of his room opened as Sunset walked in with her hair wet and wearing only a towel around her body.
Danny had turned his head to see who it was and jumped in shock. "Sunset! What the hay!"
Sunset smiled at Danny's reaction but moved over to the side toward his dresser. "Oh, relax, I just forgot to grab this, and I needed it once my hair is dry." She picked up a hairbrush that she had left here last time. "Unless you want to do it yourself?"
Danny saw the brush in her hand and shook his head. "Sorry, not today. I've got some things to go over." He closed his journal as he tried his best not to look at her wet body that was only covered by a towel. "And did you have to come here right after you took a shower?"
Sunset shrugged. "I needed this, and I wanted to ask you something."
Danny turned to face away from her. "Again, you needed to do this right after you showered because~?"
Sunset moved over to stand behind him. "Did you talk things over with Mom, or are you still being weird?"
Danny sighed as he slumped back and looked at the ceiling. "I cleared things up, and she understood my standing. It's just a bit of some personal matters I gotta get through."
Sunset smiled as she was worried about the two, but hearing him confirm that there was nothing really wrong, she was relieved. She hugged him from behind and leaned her head on his back. "Good, I don't like how things got bad between you two. Just stop being dumb and get back to how you used to be."
Danny could feel her breasts pressing on his back and did his best to remain calm. He looked down and his eyes widened when he saw her towel had fallen off. He cleared his throat as he tapped her arm. "Sunset, your towel."
Sunset looked down and saw that she was naked and hugging Danny. "Whoops." She let him go and picked up her towel and held it in her hand. "Anyway, since you aren't going to do my hair, I'd better head back to my room so I can get ready for bed. Later, Danny."
Danny turned around to bid her a goodnight, but he froze as he saw the back of her bare form leaving his room with a sway of her hips and tail. Once she was out of his room, he moved over to the door and closed it before he leaned on it and let out a sigh. "Damn it." he looked down and grimaced again at the sight of his bulge.
This was the issue. Ever since his last transformation, his view of the females around him began to change. When he figured out he was adopted, that was just a blow he was able to get over. But after his second transformation, it just got worse. He became extremely possessive of those he cared about and was starting to react in ways that he thought he shouldn't have. It was tough keeping himself grounded, but it was him against his instincts, and those instincts like to hit hard.
It didn't help that there was another issue that arose after his second transformation.
He walked over to his desk and opened up the journal he was just working on. It was full of drawings of random things that came to his mind.
A hexagon with a bulb on top.
A weird-looking soup thermos
A blue headband
Two sets of orange goggles
A combat boot
A red beret
A pair of gloves, one being white and the other being black
A green ring
A green flaming crown
A green flaming F
A stylized D
These were things that kept popping up in his head, and he had no idea why. At random moments and even in his dreams, he would get these vague, foggy images that he felt were important, and he would draw them in the chance he would be able to figure out what they meant. So far, he had no success. He knew these were important and racked his brain to try and figure it out. He felt like he needed to remember these as an important part of him, and did what he could to do so.
He let out a sigh as he flipped through the pages as blurry figures were seen, and he could not clear up the fog. After he got to the last page, he closed the journal and put it away before moving to his bed. He flopped face-first on the bed and groaned at how things were going in his life. His tail flicked in irritation as he mumbled in his bed. "Why can't my life be easier?" His mind was going through so much that he was sure that he would shed scales from stress.
After a few minutes of this, he figured that he should just get some sleep and look forward to heading to Ponyville. Sure, he now had a task to protect Twilight and Sunset, but he was going to do that anyway.
They were his after all.
End of chapter
Well, Danny has a lot on his mind, and he will have a bunch more entering his mind as the story goes on.
This was a bit difficult for me since it is delving into the M section, but I don't want to just jump right in.
Build up, my readers, build up
I am working on character profiles of the characters to give them visual reference, but it is slow going
things are going to get heavy in many aspects as the story continues but I hope you continue to read and enjoy this fic
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